Reverse Pitching = Exchange of Ideas!
Are you looking for fresh ideas for your innovative project or do you want to get involved in shaping groundbreaking solutions yourself? Then enter a world where business and research are intertwined!
Reverse pitching gives companies, researchers, and students the opportunity to work together on innovations that have the potential to change the world. But first they must overcome the challenges of the commercial market. And that's where our task will lie.
- Researchers, students, companies, and mentors in one place
- Working on innovative challenges
- Opportunity to establish long-term collaborations
What is the role of the participants?
Scientists/researchers
SELL: The role of scientific experts is to "sell" their research to students and highlight the part where they would appreciate their helping hand.
Students
BUY: The role of students is clear - to "buy" the challenge of a company or researcher, get excited about it and get to work.
Companies
SELL: Representatives of companies also get the chance to "sell" their challenge to students and encourage them to cooperate.
Business experts
NAVIGATE: Experts will take on the role of navigators to determine the right direction for collaboration and offer useful advice from the market environment.
Why participate?
- Access to cutting-edge innovation
You will get a unique insight into the latest research projects that can change the world.
- Hands-on experience
You will learn how to convert academic ideas into business opportunities and prepare them for commercialization.
- Networking
You will meet experts, colleagues, and students who share a similar interest in innovation and entrepreneurship.
What's in store for you?
Presentation of innovations
Researchers and companies will briefly present their projects related to current challenges in technology, environment, health, and other industries.
Formation of ideas and teamwork
After the presentations, students will choose a specific challenge and sit together around one table to discuss how to turn the project into a viable commercial solution.
Mentoring and support
The discussing students and the company or researcher will be joined by an experienced mentor who will advise them and help them to keep their feet on the ground to ensure their ideas are marketable.
This is just the beginning
But it doesn't end with reverse pitching. Afterwards, students will also attend a joint three-day BOOTCAMP where they will work intensively on their solution throughout the weekend.
Implemented as part of the Smart Accelerator MSK project
Partners of this year's event
What challenges will the students face this time?
The Digital Future of Custom Metal Manufacturing
Challenge: Propose ways in which AI and automation could be used to simplify and accelerate processes in custom metal fabrication, such as working with technical drawings, creating quotes or production planning. The aim is to minimise manual labour, reduce error rates, speed up responses to customers and create opportunities for new services or business models.
Client: Nordic Steel s.r.o. is a medium-sized engineering company based in Fulnek that specialises in comprehensive custom metal fabrication, covering the entire process from material processing to final assembly. Thanks to its focus on quality, continuous investment in innovation and automation, and modern technologies, the company delivers precision solutions to customers worldwide.
Fulnek, Moravian-Silesian Region
Can an Office Make Values Visible?
Challenge: Propose ways to naturally integrate company values into the everyday office environment, turning them from mere slogans into active promoters of communication, collaboration and corporate culture.
Client: Raynet is a Czech software company based in Ostrava that develops its own CRM system for managing business relationships, helping companies to keep track of their customers and business processes. The company places great emphasis not only on technology, but also on corporate culture, simplicity, and the user-friendliness of its products.
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region
Can Climate Money Create Better Jobs?
Challenge: How can carbon revenue be used fairly and effectively to support the green transition, as well as people and regions? Consider areas such as jobs, energy, transportation and innovation.
Commissioner: Dr Shahi Md. Tanvir Alam, who specialises in energy economics, particularly the design of renewable energy auctions, energy policy and regulation aimed at promoting affordable green energy. Dr. Alam has extensive professional and academic experience, and publishes scholarly articles. He currently works as a researcher at Silesian University in Opava as part of the RIS MSK 2021+ project, and also teaches and publishes scholarly articles.
Opava, Moravian-Silesian Region
Beyond Fall Detection: The Future of Invisible Sensing
Challenge: Can you find a way to use invisible mmWave radar sensing to create smart solutions that track people’s movements without the need for cameras or wearable devices? These solutions could be used to help with areas such as security, health or environmental automation.
Organiser: HEALTH.Lab is a research laboratory that focuses on innovating in the field of healthcare by using artificial intelligence, biomedical data processing and contactless sensing. The laboratory is particularly interested in remote monitoring and digital healthcare, with an emphasis on privacy protection. The lab develops technologies such as mmWave radar, vital signs monitoring and behavioural analysis, and collaborates with academic, clinical and industrial partners to bridge research and practice.
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region
Make Augmented Reality (AR) Useful: Solve a Real Problem
Challenge: Develop a proposal for a product or service that uses augmented reality to solve a real-world problem. Focus on situations that people frequently encounter at home, at work, while studying or in their free time, or on complex, costly or risky industrial tasks. The goal is to come up with a solution that offers genuine benefits, such as making people's lives easier, saving companies time, reducing errors and costs, improving safety and accelerating learning.
Organiser: Petr Slaný, Game Business Developer at MSIC, is helping to transform the Moravian-Silesian Region into a hub for game development. He organises game jams, builds a community of developers and negotiates with regional representatives regarding infrastructure funding.
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region
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Pavlína Baranová
